funny-peculiar

funny-peculiar

Strange, as opposed to humorous (the most common meaning of "funny"). That play sure is funny. Funny-peculiar, I mean—I don't know that I could sit through it again.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

funny peculiar

odd; eccentric. (As opposed to funny ha-ha.) I didn't mean that Mrs. Peters is funny ha-ha. She's weird—funny peculiar in fact. His face is sort of funny—funny peculiar, that is.
See also: funny, peculiar
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • funny peculiar
  • peculiar
  • funny ha-ha
  • haha
  • funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha
  • the funny thing is
  • too funny for words
  • funny as a crutch
  • (as) funny as a crutch
  • funny as a barrel of monkeys
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From funny-peculiar, Dunham expands outward exponentially (past crazy, zany, odd, nutty, awkward, eccentric, scruffy, bouncy, loopy, fuzzy, inscrutable, embarrassing, crotchety, uncomfortable, dizzying, unnerving, jarring, kinky, depraved, squirmy, and freaky).
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